A federal judge in Washington has denied Zillow’s request to reconsider an earlier ruling in a proposed antitrust class action, allowing key claims to continue against the real-estate platform. The suit alleges Zillow leveraged its position in online home search to pressure affiliated agents to steer homebuyers toward Zillow’s mortgage offerings, tying platform access and agent relationships to mortgage-referral practices.
Continue Reading Washington Judge Keeps Zillow Antitrust Suit Alive Over Mortgage Steering Claims

I was intrigued when I recently read about Reveal’s Onna platform that can now collect what employees put into and get out of Claude Enterprise. Come to find out, Onna already had done the same for ChatGPT and Gemini, and other e-discovery providers offer similar tools. These tools make it easier when it comes time for responding to discovery requests.
Continue Reading AI Connectors For E-Discovery: Great To Drive, But There Are Speed Limits

The U.S. Senate’s vote to advance bipartisan permitting legislation is more than a policy development for energy and infrastructure developers—it is a potentially significant reset for administrative law and environmental litigation. The proposal is designed to accelerate federal review of major projects, including transmission lines, pipelines, renewable energy facilities, and data centers, by tightening timelines, clarifying agency roles, and narrowing…
Continue Reading Senate Permitting Push Signals New Litigation Landscape for Energy and Infrastructure

This keynote presentation grew out of my ten-part Prudent AI series, in which I explore how leaders can make consequential decisions about AI while preserving their organizations’ capacity to learn, adapt, and choose.The keynote approaches those ideas differently, through three unexpected historical stories and the leadership questions they raise.In keeping with my longstanding commitment to sharing ideas openly, I’m…
Continue Reading Prudent AI: Accelerate Reversible Learning, Pace Irreversible Commitment

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Washington has reportedly told the court it does not have the resources to defend every immigration detention habeas case now being filed, and that in some matters it will allow judges to decide petitions without opposition from the government. For lawyers who track detention litigation, that is more than an administrative…
Continue Reading Western Washington U.S. Attorney Signals It Can’t Oppose Every Immigration Habeas Petition

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Our Professionalism Spotlight series highlights Illinois legal professionals who demonstrate the ideals of professionalism in their careers.
In this Professionalism Spotlight, we spoke to Yulanda Curtis, Director of Clinical Education, Clinical Professor of Law, and Veterans Legal Clinic Director at the University of Illinois College of Law.
In recognition of Veterans Day (November 11), we spoke with Yulanda…
Continue Reading Professionalism Spotlight on Yulanda Curtis: ‘A Veteran’s Legal Problem Rarely Exists in Isolation’

Blue J, the Toronto-based tax research and advisory platform, said today that it has raised $176 million in Series E capital to scale its agentic AI and expand into new geographic markets.The round was led by JMI Equity, a leading growth equity investment firm. Existing investors Oak HC/FT and Sapphire Ventures also participated in the round, along with Intrepid Growth…
Continue Reading Tax Research Platform Blue J Raises $176M to Expand Its Agentic AI and Reach New Markets

Weil’s demise happened quickly and is unfortunate. Since Bloomberg Law reported the news, many have covered the situation. David Lat also offered a detailed analysis.Symptoms and central causesAs the dust settles, a couple of core issues appear to have thrown the firm off balance. Two partners, Barry Wolf, who planned to retire, and Michael Aiello, who…
Continue Reading Ken Crutchfield: Is BigLaw Too Big To Fail? Are Other Firms Vulnerable After the Weil Wind-Down?

Today, we are dissecting one of the most sobering wake-up calls in decentralized finance and custodial architecture: the $350 million Bitget hot and warm wallet exploit.

For years, the industry’s security playbook fixated on smart contract vulnerabilities, code audits, and safeguarding private keys via multi-party computation (MPC). But recently, an attacker proved that protecting private keys isn’t enough when the…
Continue Reading Signed, Sealed, Drained: Why Your Private Keys Aren’t What’s Getting Hacked with Raz Niv

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Washington has told a federal judge that it does not have the staffing to respond to every immigration detention habeas petition now being filed in the district. The office said the volume of cases tied to immigration enforcement has become unmanageable, and that in some matters it may file no response…
Continue Reading Western District of Washington Warns It May Stop Answering Some ICE Habeas Petitions

A New York appellate court on Wednesday heard arguments in Donald Trump’s bid to undo his 2024 felony conviction in the Stormy Daniels hush-money case, focusing on two issues with implications well beyond this prosecution: how presidential-immunity principles apply in a state criminal case, and whether prosecutors properly relied on another alleged crime to elevate misdemeanor falsified-records charges into felonies.
Continue Reading New York Appellate Panel Probes Trump’s Hush-Money Conviction on Immunity and Charging Theory